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1812
the war that forged a nation
By Borneman, Walter R.
- ISBN
- 978-0-06053-112-6
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 19, 2004
This thoroughly readable popular history of the War of 1812 may exaggerate in its claim that the war forged America's national identity; after all, there were enough regional identities left lying around after the conflict to cause a national civil war. But otherwise it's a fine narrative history that traces the major of events of the war, from the preliminary plots by James Wilkinson and Aaron Burr that revealed t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
